Elodie Simone Justine Eiffener

Following my studies at the University of Maastricht, I am passionate about European Public Health. During my PhD at the department of Cardiology at the University Hospital in Munich, I have gained experience in clinical research, as a project manager for large-scale clinical trials centred around digital health/telemedicine and cardiovascular health outcomes. 

Currently, I am working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Unit of Environmental Epidemiology, Department of Environmental Medicine (IMM) at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. My research lies at the intersection of the environment, urbanisation, and health - focusing on the link of urban environmental hazards (e.g., air pollution, traffic noise, limited greenness, urban heat islands, crowded housing) and selected health and wellbeing outcomes, in both children and adults. My work also includes the mapping of environmental health inequities and assessment of burden of disease, all within the framework of the Stockholm Environmental Health Program.

In addition, I am a strong advocate for the One Health approach and have a keen interest in interdisciplinary teaching. I am particularly interested in implementing the One Health approach in urban decision-making and strengthening One Health capacity in the (future) urban workforce, for instance, via optimised decision-support tools, multipurpose urban interventions and/or game- or simulation-based learning.

I also regularly write for the KI Researcher's blog (https://researcherblogs.ki.se).

Please do not hesitate to reach out, I am always open for student supervision, teaching, presentations, conversations and collaborations. 

Environmental Epidemiology, Climate Change, Urban health, Inequities in health, Sustainability, One Health

The main project that I am involved in: Stockholms Miljöhälsoprogramm

God och jämlik miljöhälsa i en hållbar stad – Stockholms Miljöhälsoprogram | Karolinska Institutet (ki.se)

I have a strong interest in interdisciplinary teaching. I teach a seminar series on One Health for PhD students and lectures on (Urban) One Health within the medical programme at KI. I am also very interested in game-and/or simulation-based learning and like to make use of those methods in my teaching. My goal is to include more interdisciplinary aspects into KI's educational activties. I'll gladly supervise students, teach guest lectures or present on the topics I am working on.